When it comes to life-or-death questions, we should make informed decisions. "Just trust me" fundamentally lacks any valuable information that furthers the discussion. In addition, "just trust me" also endangers less clear thinking people to sway based on emotion instead of well-founded cold hard facts.
In case it helps, it's not a question of supporting views or actions you disagree with, but of supporting the community we're all participating in here, so it doesn't slide into war.
Social pressures in that direction seem to be stepping up these days, so if we're to have much hope of preserving HN, we need a corresponding uptick in efforts to take care of it.
Edit: actually your recent comments have been so egregious that I've banned the account. That's a pity, because the comments you posted that were civil and substantive have been quite good. But we can't allow people to treat fellow community members like this.
If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com. We're happy to unban people who commit to following the rules in the future.
